diff --git a/pkgs/tools/nix/nix-init/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/nix/nix-init/default.nix
index 473830097a46..c60f88022ccc 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/nix/nix-init/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/nix/nix-init/default.nix
@@ -15,16 +15,16 @@
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "nix-init";
-  version = "0.1.0";
+  version = "0.1.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "nix-community";
     repo = "nix-init";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-97aAlH03H8xTVhp45FwecNb7i/ZUtJG9OOYBx8Sf+YI=";
+    hash = "sha256-x9UrBCnEGz6nI1XGBLjIeiF3qi3EvynAfafiuhQdt9Q=";
   };
 
-  cargoHash = "sha256-uvn1cP6aIxfPKG/QLtHBd6fHjl7JNRtkZ4gIG2tpHVg=";
+  cargoHash = "sha256-RUfprANAbj8w8LPRwQEF9SD9fhWb1CEcwbvOa6DX9Xk=";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     installShellFiles
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/nix/nix-init/license.nix b/pkgs/tools/nix/nix-init/license.nix
index 28e798645dad..0a1ad4fce122 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/nix/nix-init/license.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/nix/nix-init/license.nix
@@ -3,12 +3,66 @@
 { lib, writeText }:
 
 let
-  inherit (builtins) concatLists concatStringsSep length;
-  inherit (lib) flip licenses mapAttrsToList optional;
+  inherit (lib)
+    concatMapAttrs
+    filterAttrs
+    flip
+    id
+    intersectLists
+    licenses
+    mapAttrsToList
+    optionalAttrs
+    pipe
+    warn
+    attrNames
+    concatStringsSep
+    length
+    ;
 
-  inserts = concatLists
-    (flip mapAttrsToList licenses
-      (k: v: optional (v ? spdxId) ''  xs.insert("${v.spdxId}", "${k}");''));
+  licenseMap = flip concatMapAttrs licenses
+    (k: v: optionalAttrs (v ? spdxId && !v.deprecated) { ${v.spdxId} = k; });
+
+  deprecatedAliases = {
+    "AGPL-3.0" = "agpl3Only";
+    "BSD-2-Clause-FreeBSD" = "bsd2WithViews";
+    "BSD-2-Clause-NetBSD" = "bsd2";
+    "GFDL-1.1" = "fdl11Only";
+    "GFDL-1.2" = "fdl12Only";
+    "GFDL-1.3" = "fdl13Only";
+    "GPL-1.0" = "gpl1Only";
+    "GPL-1.0+" = "gpl1Plus";
+    "GPL-2.0" = "gpl2Only";
+    "GPL-2.0+" = "gpl2Plus";
+    "GPL-3.0" = "gpl3Only";
+    "GPL-3.0+" = "gpl3Plus";
+    "LGPL-2.0" = "lgpl2Only";
+    "LGPL-2.0+" = "lgpl2Plus";
+    "LGPL-2.1" = "lgpl21Only";
+    "LGPL-2.1+" = "lgpl21Plus";
+    "LGPL-3.0" = "lgpl3Only";
+    "LGPL-3.0+" = "lgpl3Plus";
+  };
+
+  lints = {
+    "deprecated licenses" = intersectLists
+      (attrNames licenseMap)
+      (attrNames deprecatedAliases);
+
+    "invalid aliases" = attrNames (filterAttrs
+      (k: v: licenses.${v}.deprecated or true)
+      deprecatedAliases);
+  };
+
+  lint = flip pipe
+    (flip mapAttrsToList lints (k: v:
+      if v == [ ] then
+        id
+      else
+        warn "${k}: ${concatStringsSep ", " v}"));
+
+  inserts = lint (mapAttrsToList
+    (k: v: ''  xs.insert("${k}", "${v}");'')
+    (deprecatedAliases // licenseMap));
 in
 
 writeText "license.rs" ''